A tip from Paul Burkhardt
   
   
 

Offsetting an object to a point rather than specifying a distance in AutoCAD

 

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Set "OFFSETDIST" variable to -1.

When you click on offset just hit return don't specify a distance.

Select object to offset.

Click position/snap to point that you want to offset to.
 

Hey presto.